Title WA, Water Code

Sec. 62.207. AUTHORITY OF SECTIONS 62.203-62.206. Sections 62.203-62.206 of this code shall, without reference to other laws, constitute full authority for the issuance of refunding bonds. No proceedings, publications, elections, or referendums other than those required in Sectio…

Sec. 62.208. REVENUE BONDS. (a) A district may issue revenue bonds on the terms and under the provisions of Chapter 111, Acts of the 43rd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1933, or Chapter 38, Acts of the 47th Legislature, Regular Session, 1941: (1) to purchase, construct, improve…

Sec. 62.209. USE OF BOND PROCEEDS FOR CERTAIN ACQUISITIONS OF CERTAIN DISTRICTS. A district to which Section 62.1071 applies may not spend for the acquisition of land, equipment, or improvements under that section the proceeds of bonds authorized by the district's voters before t…

Sec. 62.251. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES. The assessor and collector of each county in which the district is located shall assess and collect the taxes levied by the district in the county. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971. Amended by Acts 1…

Sec. 62.291. ANNEXATION AUTHORITY. A district created under this chapter or converted from a district created under Article III, Section 52, of the Texas Constitution, into a conservation and reclamation district under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, may exten…

Sec. 62.292. PETITION. Before territory is annexed to the district, a petition signed by 50 or a majority of the electors residing in the adjacent territory proposed to be annexed shall be presented to the commission, requesting an election in the adjacent territory to determine …

Sec. 62.293. SCHEDULING PETITION FOR HEARING; NOTICE. (a) After a petition is presented under Section 62.292 of this code, the commission shall set the petition for a hearing to be held within 10 days from the date of presentation of the petition. (b) Notice of the hearing shall …

Sec. 62.294. HEARING. The commission shall hold the hearing on the subject of annexation of adjacent territory by the district, and any person who has taxable property in the territory proposed to be annexed may appear in person or by counsel and offer testimony or argument for o…

Sec. 62.295. ELECTION ORDER. If after the hearing the commission finds that inclusion of the territory proposed to be annexed would be a direct benefit to all the land in that territory, the commission shall order an election to be held in the territory proposed to be annexed. Ac…

Sec. 62.296. NOTICE OF ELECTION. (a) The election shall be held not less than 20 nor more than 30 days from the day of the election order and after notice is given. (b) Notice of the election shall be published once a week for 20 days immediately preceding the election in some ne…

Sec. 62.297. BALLOTS. The ballots for the election shall be printed to allow for voting for or against: "Annexation to the navigation district."; and "Assumption of a pro rata part of the bonded debt of the navigation district." Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. …

Sec. 62.298. ELECTION OFFICIALS. The commission shall appoint one judge and two clerks for each election box or place to hold the election. The judge and clerks shall be electors in the territory proposed to be annexed and shall reside near the place for holding the election. Act…

Sec. 62.299. CANVASS OF VOTE; ENTRY OF ORDER. (a) The election judges shall certify the election returns to the commission, and the commission shall canvass the returns. (b) If a majority of the electors voting at the election favor annexation and assumption of the pro rata part …

Sec. 62.300. AUTHORITY TO ANNEX OTHER DISTRICTS. Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, a district created under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution may be annexed and become a part of another adjacent district created under the general law in the same ma…

Sec. 62.301. DUTIES OF COMMISSION OF ANNEXED DISTRICT. If a district proposes to annex an adjacent district, the commission of the district proposed to be annexed shall: (1) conduct the hearing; (2) order the election; (3) canvass the returns of the election; and (4) perform the …

Sec. 62.302. CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION RESULTS. If the election in a district proposed to be annexed results in a majority of the votes of the electors voting at the election favoring annexation, the commission of the district proposed to be annexed shall certify the election res…

Sec. 62.303. HEARING BY ANNEXING DISTRICT; NOTICE. (a) When the election result is certified to the commission of the annexing district, the commission of the annexing district shall conduct a hearing to determine whether or not it will be a benefit to the annexing district to an…

Sec. 62.304. ASSUMPTION OF BONDED DEBT. (a) Unless a majority of the electors of each of the districts approves it, the annexing district and the district to be annexed may not assume the outstanding bonded debt of the other. (b) Annexation shall in no way affect the outstanding …

Sec. 62.305. LEVY OF TAXES ON ANNEXED DISTRICT. The commission of the annexing district shall annually levy and collect sufficient taxes in the district to be annexed to discharge all valid outstanding obligations of the district to be annexed. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 5…

Sec. 62.306. DISSOLUTION OF ANNEXED DISTRICT. From and after the entry of the order annexing the district, the annexed district shall be dissolved. All powers previously vested in the annexed district and the commission of the annexed district shall be vested, respectively, in th…

Sec. 62.307. ANNEXATION OF WHOLE OF ADJACENT COUNTY. If the territory included inside the boundaries of the annexing district consists of all of a single county and the territory to be annexed consists of all of an adjacent county, the adjacent territory may be annexed in the man…

Sec. 62.308. HEARING. The commissioners court of the county to be annexed shall conduct the hearing at some place inside the county to be annexed. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.

Sec. 62.309. ORDER OF ELECTION; BALLOTS. The commissioners court of the county to be annexed may order an election, as requested in the petition for hearing, on either or both propositions included in the ballot form in Section 62.297 of this code. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, c…

Sec. 62.310. CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION RESULT. If the proposition or propositions carries by a majority of the vote of the electors voting at the election, the commissioners court of the county to be annexed shall certify the election result to the commission of the annexing dist…

Sec. 62.311. HEARING BY ANNEXING DISTRICT. After the certification of the election result, and after five days' notice in some newspaper published inside the annexing district, the annexing district shall conduct a public hearing to determine whether or not it would be a benefit …

Sec. 62.312. ORDER OF ANNEXATION. If at the hearing it appears that annexation of the adjacent county would be a benefit to the annexing district, the commission shall enter an order in the minutes annexing the county. From and after the entry of the order, the county shall be a …

Sec. 62.313. OBLIGATIONS NOT AFFECTED; PRO RATA ASSUMPTION. (a) Except as provided in Subsection (b) of this section, annexation shall in no way affect the bonded debt or any other valid outstanding obligation of the annexing district. (b) If the voters at the annexation election…

Sec. 62.314. ADDITIONAL COMMISSION MEMBERS. (a) From and after the entry of the order of annexation, the commission shall be constituted as provided in this section. (b) The commissioners court of the annexed county shall appoint two commissioners, both of whom shall be electors …

Sec. 62.315. CHANGE OF MEMBERSHIP OF NAVIGATION BOARD. (a) After the annexation, the board shall be composed of the county judges and commissioners courts of the county of the annexing district and of the annexed county. (b) Each individual member of the board shall be entitled t…

Sec. 62.316. PERMANENT COMMISSION ORGANIZATION FOLLOWING ANNEXATION. (a) After the expiration and termination of the terms of commission members as provided for in Section 62.314 of this code, the commission shall be organized as provided by this section. (b) The commission shall…

Sec. 62.317. PROVISIONS GOVERNING COMMISSION. (a) Each commissioner appointed under Section 62.314 or 62.316 of this code shall be an elector of the district and shall serve his full term and until his successor is elected and has qualified unless sooner removed by the authority …

Sec. 62.318. LAW GOVERNING DISTRICT. (a) The only changes made in the organization and operation of an annexing district which annexes an adjacent county are those contained in this subchapter. (b) Each district annexing an adjacent county shall continue after the annexation to b…

Sec. 63.001. DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter: (1) "District" means a self-liquidating navigation district. (2) "Board" means the navigation board. (3) "Commission" means the board of navigation and canal commissioners. (4) "Commissioner" means a member of the commission. Act…

Sec. 63.021. SELF-LIQUIDATING DISTRICTS. (a) All navigation districts organized under the provisions of Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, and the provisions of Chapter 62 of this code, or organized under any local and special law enacted under the provisions of …

Sec. 63.022. CREATION. A district of the character provided in Section 63.021 of this code may be created as provided in this chapter to operate under the provisions of Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30,…

Sec. 63.023. AREA INCLUDED IN DISTRICT. A district may include all or part of a village, town, city, road district, drainage district, irrigation district, levee district, other improvement district, conservation and reclamation district, or municipal corporation, but may not inc…

Sec. 63.024. PETITION TO CREATE SINGLE-COUNTY DISTRICT. (a) To create a district located wholly in one county, a petition signed by 25 of the electors, or if there are fewer than 75 electors in the proposed district, by one-third of them, shall be presented at any regular or spec…

Sec. 63.025. PETITION TO CREATE DISTRICT IN TWO COUNTIES. (a) If the proposed district is located in two counties, a petition of the nature provided in Section 63.024 shall be presented to the commissioners court of the county which includes the greater part of the district, and …

Sec. 63.026. NAVIGATION BOARD. (a) The navigation board shall include the county judge and the members of the commissioners court and the mayor and the aldermen or commissioners of the city or cities. (b) A majority in number of the persons composing the board shall constitute a …

Sec. 63.027. HEARING. At the same session the petition is presented, the commissioners court shall order a hearing to be held at a regular or special session of the commissioners court, not less than 60 days from the date the petition is presented. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, c…

Sec. 63.028. NOTICE OF HEARING. (a) The commissioners court shall order the clerk to give notice of the date and place of the hearing by posting a copy of the petition and the order of the commissioners court at the courthouse door and at four other public places inside the bound…

Sec. 63.029. HEARING BY NAVIGATION BOARD. (a) If the proposed district includes all or part of a city acting under special charter granted by the legislature, the hearing shall be held before the board at the regular meeting place of the commissioners court. (b) The commissioners…

Sec. 63.030. CONDUCT OF HEARING. (a) The commissioners court or the board has exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine all contests and objections to the creation of the proposed district and all matters relating to the creation of the proposed district. (b) The commissioners…

Sec. 63.031. FINDINGS. (a) If it appears at the hearing that the proposed improvements are feasible and practicable and would be a public benefit and utility, the commissioners court or the board shall make these findings and approve the boundaries stated in the petition, or if i…

Sec. 63.032. PROVIDING FUNDS FOR PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS. (a) If the commissioners court or the board approves the boundaries in the petition or as changed and decides to grant the petition, it shall determine the amount of money necessary for the improvements and all expenses conn…

Sec. 63.033. ELECTION ORDER. (a) If the commissioners court or the board finds in favor of the creation of the district, the commissioners court of the county of jurisdiction shall order an election and submit to the electors residing in the district the proposition of whether or…